Driving mechanism for motor-vehicles.



PATENTED JAN. 30, 1905.'

No. Slli.

O. E. MUFF. DRIVING MEOHANISM FOR MOTOR VEH ICLES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT.5.1905.

@Mpgfz wir I f the wlieeis m of the diil'erential near 'i 1 f o nronmi the inediuinoi the axle arts which e 1 i 1 A l l onnte-d in the nearinfrs s and if. The two n -1 1 1 or the are centered with respect e another oyineans or the pin o on one winch enf-ers the socket p on the other and Y,

s iitle liable to be allee-ted by shocks ing the drive of each oil the v employing the two shafts d l and x i u `i connected together it is rendered possible to maire use oln large total breadth ol' tooth without essentially enlarging the outer diameter oi the box or casing. The axial tooth-pressure equilibrated by the rigid intere/.inno ion ol' the bevel-nf'heelsf, which *e syininetrirally arranged with respect io he differential' gear, whereby the inward ar'ng oi" the bevel-nf'heelsfhas the ell'oe oll 'the axial-pressure compensation to pia-co i'r in inward to outward, so that ns compensation is taken up by the box or wnd the connection sleeve/i, while the i "al gear is withdrawn from all jarring riping artions. The result oiA this is that is ver slight, so that the apparatus has ie'ncy, which it retains for a considinie, and to this advantage must be added the tact that the whole mechanism ,may run in an oil-hath in the dust-tight boxy or easing and can thus be very eli'iciently lubr cated, Ywhile being at the saine time easily cia rn is diving mechanism for'rnotor-vehil ation with a divided drivingoi'i'erential gear thereon, ol two plof/"ed for light vehicles and for oinn'ibnses.

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ie aerei-wheels 11 and the bevel-wlreels]` einem cles, the combination with a divided driving-A aXle, and a diiierential gear thereon, of two bevel-wheels inclosing the diii'erential gear between thein land having their toothed peripheries opposed to one another, an interinodiate sleeve rigidly connecting said bevelwheels and carrying the planet-wlieeis of the differential gear, two bevel-pinions gearing respectively with said two bevel-wheels and intended to drive simultaneously both the latter, two gear-Wheels upon short spindles of said bevel-pinions, and a connnon drivingsha lt 'l or driving said gear-wheels and through them both the aforesaid bevel-wheels and dill'erential gear, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described.

I. ln adriving-niechanismfor motor-vehicles, the combination with a divided drivingaXle, and a dili'erential gear thereon, of two bevelwheels inclosing the ditl'e'rential gear between them and having their toothed peripheries opposed to one another, an internisdiate sleeve rigidly connecting said bevelwheels and carrying the planet-wheels of the differential gear, two bevel-pinions gearing respectively with said two bevel-wheels and intended to drive simultaneously both the latter, ineansfor imparting driving inotion to both these bevel-pinions and a protecting boX or casing inclosing all sai'dparts and also serving as a bearing for the saine, substantially as, and for the purpose, hereinbeiore described. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my naine, this 23d day of September," 1905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' CHARLES EMILE MUFF. Witnesses:

GEO. Girronn, AMAND RITTER. 

